The false door of the olden time became a niche cut in the end wall, almost always facing the entrance.

Statues of the deceased and his wife, carved in the solid rock, were there enthroned.

The walls were decorated with scenes of offerings, and the entire decoration of the tomb converged towards the niche, as that of the mastaba converged towards the stela.

The series of tableaux is, on the whole, much the same as of old, though with certain noteworthy additions.

The funeral procession, and the scene where the deceased enters into possession of his tomb, both merely indicated in the mastaba, are displayed in full upon the walls of the Theban sepulchre.